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Originally Posted by JSWolf
... The true answer is not to use fancy animations and other such stuff that doesn't need to be there.....
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Well, the problem is that what is "fancy animations" to you, may simply be a branding requirement, or good design, or added functionality.
It all depends on the target audience. For some sites, the lowest common denominator is fine, for others it's not.
Many may not want to sacrifice a desired user-experience, to ensure that they are viewable by the 0.00002% out there, who can only access them on an iPod Touch.
Presently, for certain content, Flash is often the best way to easily reach the widest possible audience. For many purposes, HTML5 is neither as capable, nor as widely adopted.
As to Nikkie's point, of course some older Flash sites may require "tweaking" to bring them up to "touch" date. But, for many, it will most likely be easier and a lot more cost-efficient to do such updating in Flash, than to scrap them completely and start anew in another platform, with possibly less desirable results and more limited compatibility.
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Originally Posted by nikkie
...As the iPad and the Entourage Edge are pretty much the only dedicated (ish) readers at this point to support embedded videos, they can fight out formats between themselves.
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I'd be surprised, if we don't see a few Android 2.x tablets on the market before Christmas.